St Michael and All Angels Church, Blantyre

It is located on the original Scottish mission site, off Chileka Rd, and is in the Church of Central Africa, Presbyterian’s Blantyre Synod.

[3] In 1885, Lieutenant H. E. O'Neil determined the longitude of Blantyre to be 2 hours 20 minutes 13.56 seconds east of Greenwich by means of a series of 365 sets of lunar observations, and a plaque installed in the side of the church commemorates this achievement.

[4][5][6] Labor was provided by local men without previous experience in this type of construction.

[5] All the bricks used were made on-site from local clay and fired in wood-fueled kilns.

[8] Scott described his plan thus: Design and structural elements include arches, domes, and flying buttresses.